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Government Forms & Applications

Dateline: 12/4/97
Updated: 01/30/98

Introduction
There's a saying in architecture that "form follows function." There should
be a saying in government that "forms follow legislation." It is a rare agency
of U.S. Government that does not require us to fill out some sort of form
in order to interact with it. And even though the plethora of federal forms
often seems redundant, even silly, imagine trying to get along without them.
"Using the formulas above, please calculate your 1998 income tax on the attached
blank piece of paper. Show your work. Use black ink. Be neat."

Indeed, a growing number of government forms are being made computer readable.
Some can even be filled out and submitted over the Internet. The result?
Less cost and more efficiency. And that's good.

A Government Forms Jumpstation
This feature, which will become a lasting and growing resource on U.S. Government
Info/Resources, will serve as a "jumpstation" to government forms and
applications that can be accessed via the Internet.

In most cases, the links below will take you to an index page of the online
forms available for the given topic, or agency. Items listed below the links
are meant only as examples of the forms you can find there.

In several cases, you will need to download forms to your PC in order to
use them. (The IRS forms, for example.) These form files will come to you
in the .PDF format, so you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to
view or print them. Acrobat is free, and you can get it right here.

Copyright
Office Forms
Form TX - For non-dramatic literary works
Form PA - For works of the performing arts
Form SR - For sound recordings
Form VA - For works of the visual arts
Form SE - For serials (newspapers, magazines, etc.)Sponsoring
Agency:
The Library of Congress[ index ]